CMNetwork Actors

Cuba Gooding Jr.

Cuba Mark Gooding Jr. (born January 2, 1968) is an American actor. He is the recipient of an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and an Emmy nomination. He was born in Bronx, New York to Shirley, a singer with the Sweethearts, and Cuba Gooding, Sr., a lead vocalist of soul group The Main Ingredient. He has two brothers, musician Tommy Gooding and fellow actor Omar Gooding, and sister, April Gooding. His family moved to Los Angeles after Gooding Sr.'s music group had a hit single with "Everybody Plays the Fool" in 1972 but abandoned his family two years later. Gooding Jr. was raised by his mother and attended four different high schools: North Hollywood High School, Tustin High School, Apple Valley High School, and John F. Kennedy High School in Granada Hills in Los Angeles. He served as class president in three of them. His first job as a professional entertainer was as a break-dancer performing with singer Lionel Richie at the closing ceremonies of the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. After high school, Gooding studied Japanese martial arts for three years, before turning his focus toward acting. Early on, he landed guest starring roles on shows like Hill Street Blues (1981) and MacGyver (1985). His first major role was in the John Singleton's box office surprise and critical hit Boyz n the Hood (1991). He followed this success with roles in major films like A Few Good Men (1992), Lightning Jack (1994), Outbreak (1995), Men of Honor (2000), Rat Race (2001), and The Fighting Temptations (2003) in which he co-starred alongside Beyoncé Knowles. In 1996, he was cast as an arrogant football player on the brink of a career-ending injury in Cameron Crowe's Jerry Maguire (1996). The film was a success and earned him an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. His "Show Me The Money" line in the film became a nationwide catchphrase. In 1997, he had a notable supporting role in As Good As It Gets (1997). The next several years, his films were inconsistently successful; Boat Trip (2002), Norbit (2007), and Daddy Day Camp (2007), all of which had received extremely negative reviews and performed poorly at the box office. Gooding also starred in a film titled A Murder of Crows, which he co-produced with his long time friend and business partner Derek Broes. The film was Gooding's first attempt at producing.  Since then, he has had series of starring roles in grittier films released direct-to-DVD such as the revenge dramas Hero Wanted and Wrong Turn at Tahoe, as well as the sci-fi action pic Hardwired and the action comedy Lies & Illusions. A well-received performance as Ben Carson in Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009) and a small supporting role in Ridley Scott's American Gangster (2007) both proved to be exceptions to this trend. An appearance in the World War II film, Red Tails, produced by George Lucas and with other prominent actors such as Terrence Howard, will mark his only return to the big screen since American Gangster.

  • Nacimiento: 1968-01-02, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
  • Valoración en CMNetwork Actors: 3,6 de 5

En CMNetwork Actors

Conocido por

  • American Horror Story (2011) — Dominic Banks
  • American Gangster (2007) — Nicky Barnes
  • Jerry Maguire (1996) — Rod Tidwell
  • Mejor... imposible (1997) — Frank Sachs
  • Los chicos del barrio (1991) — Tré Styles
  • Más allá de los sueños (1998) — Albert Lewis
  • Hombres de honor (2000) — Senior Chief Carl Brashear
  • Pearl Harbor (2001) — Dorie Miller

Filmografía

  • Break the Cycle
  • Giving Thanks — Calvin
  • Above the Break — Frank Kitner
  • The Madness of Judge Jeremiah Doherty
  • Padilla
  • Lotus
  • Atlas King (2026)
  • Quantum Supremacy (2026) — Captain Marcus Monroe
  • Dog Patrol: Operation Santa Paws (2025) — Sheriff Jacobs
  • En la linea de fuego (2025) — Javier Cardona
  • The Firing Squad (2024) — Samuel Wilson
  • Ángeles caídos: guerreros de paz (2024) — Balthazar
  • Skeletons in the Closet (2024) — Andres
  • Venganza en Las Vegas (2023) — Blue
  • Toda una vida en un año (2020) — Xavier
  • For NYC (2020)
  • Caviar para las bestias (2018) — Rodney Jones
  • American Crime Story (2016) — O. J. Simpson
  • Big Time in Hollywood, Florida (2015) — Cuba Gooding Jr.
  • El libro de los negros (2015) — Sam Fraunces
  • Empire (2015) — Puma
  • Selma (2014) — Fred Gray
  • Libertad (2014) — Samuel
  • Machete Kills (2013) — El Camaleón 2
  • Un atrevido Don Juan (2013) — Hollywood Actor #2
  • El mayordomo (2013) — Carter Wilson
  • Muerte al jurado (2013) — Detective Callendar
  • Life of a King (2013) — Eugene Brown
  • El engaño (2013) — John Nelson
  • Timmy Muldoon and the Search for the Shadoweyes Bandit (2013) — Shadoweyes
  • Una bala en la recámara (2012) — Ray Carver
  • La luz del fuego (2012) — DJ
  • Escuadrón rojo (2012) — Major Emanuelle Stance
  • American Horror Story (2011) — Dominic Banks
  • Sacrifice (2011) — John Hebron
  • Marcados para morir (2011) — Jonas Arbor
  • Al límite (2011) — Lewis Hicks
  • A un paso de la muerte (2009) — Joshua
  • Enchufado a la red (2009) — Luke Gibson
  • Mentiras e ilusiones (2009) — Isaac
  • La tumba del diablo (2009) — Mack
  • Conspiración militar (2009) — David Wolfe
  • El mundo en sus manos (2009) — Ben Carson
  • Frontera límite (2008) — Michael Dixon
  • Harold (2008) — Cromer
  • En busca de un héroe (2008) — Liam Case
  • En busca del valle encantado XIII: La sabiduría de los amigos (2007) — Loofah (voz)
  • American Gangster (2007) — Nicky Barnes
  • Papá canguro 2 (2007) — Charlie Hinton
  • What Love Is (2007) — Tom
  • Norbit (2007) — Deion Hughes
  • End Game (2006) — Agent Alex Thomas
  • La ley de la calle (Dirty) (2005) — Salim Adel
  • Shadowboxer (2005) — Mikey
  • Un cuento lechero (2004) — Buck (voz)
  • Zafarrancho en el rancho (2004) — Buck (voz)
  • Me llaman Radio (2003) — Radio
  • Luchando con las tentaciones (2003) — Darrin Hill
  • Boat Trip: Este barco es un peligro (2002) — Jerry Robinson
  • Aventuras en Alaska (2002) — Ted Brooks
  • Zoolander (Un descerebrado de moda) (2001) — Cuba Gooding Jr.
  • Ratas a la carrera (2001) — Owen Templeton
  • La sombra del crimen (2001) — Draven
  • Pearl Harbor (2001) — Dorie Miller
  • Welcome to Hollywood (2000) — Cuba Gooding Jr.
  • Hombres de honor (2000) — Senior Chief Carl Brashear
  • Chill Factor (1999) — Arlo
  • Nido de cuervos (1999) — Lawson Russell
  • Instinto (1999) — Dr. Theo Caulder
  • Más allá de los sueños (1998) — Albert Lewis
  • Mejor... imposible (1997) — Frank Sachs
  • Dos razones para morir (1997) — Liquor Store Clerk
  • Jerry Maguire (1996) — Rod Tidwell
  • Escuadrón de combate 332 (1995) — Billy Roberts
  • Instinto maternal (1995) — Eddie Hughes
  • Estallido (1995) — Major Salt
  • Volar por los aires (1994) — Bomb Squad Class Member
  • Relámpago Jack (1994) — Ben Doyle
  • Los jueces de la noche (1993) — Mike Peterson
  • El Amanecer (1993) — Torch
  • The Untouchables (1993)
  • Algunos hombres buenos (1992) — Cpl. Carl Hammaker
  • Judgement (1992) — Officer Alvarez
  • Gladiator (1992) — Abraham Lincoln Haines
  • Entre dos mundos (1992) — Tyree
  • Los chicos del barrio (1991) — Tré Styles
  • Nasty Boys (1990) — Poptop
  • Mancuso, F.B.I. (1989)
  • Sing (1989) — Stanley
  • El príncipe de Zamunda (1988) — Boy Getting Haircut
  • The Bronx Zoo (1987)
  • MacGyver (1985) — Billy Colton / Ray Collins
  • 227 (1985)
  • Canción triste de Hill Street (1981)
  • Barrio Sesamo (1969)